History of the national volleyball team in the Asian Championship – Mehr News Agency Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr reporter, the 21st round of the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship will be hosted by Japan from September 12th to 18th. So far, the Iranian national volleyball team has won three championships, two runners-up and a third title.
The Japanese national team is the proudest team of the ancient continent with 9 championships, followed by the South Korean team with 4 championship titles. The two teams of Iran and China are also the third proud team of Asia with three championships.
The Asian Championships are held every two years, and Iran’s first championship in 2011 after 32 years with Julio Velasco took place while Tehran hosted the 16th edition of the competition.
Iran’s first championship in Asia after 32 years in freedom
The second championship was in 2013 with Velasco in the 17th round of the tournament, while Dubai hosted the tournament. Iran became the Asian champion for the second time with authority. The national team lost only one set to the opponents and the national team became the best team in Asia for the first time in the world rankings.
The second championship of the national volleyball team in Asia
In 2015, Iran hosted the tournament with its second team and lost to Japan in the final. In 2017, Iran participated in the tournament with Omid team and won the fifth title.
Iran won its third championship in 2019 together with Igor Kolakovi.. In this period, because the Asian Championship was the first stage of qualifying for the Olympics in Asia and the top eight teams advanced to the final stage of qualifying for the Olympics, the Iranian team participated in these competitions with the main squad and finally won 3-0. He won the Asian Championship for the third time against Australia in the final.
The third championship in 2019 in Azadi
Now, the 21st round of the competitions will be hosted by Japan, and the Iranian national team will participate in the competitions under the guidance of the Iranian head coach, in the absence of its big stars, including Saeed Maroof, Mohammad Mousavi and Amir Ghafoor. Behrouz Atai, who won the world title for the first time with the youth team, has a hard job in the first experience of leading the adult team.
The Japanese team also does not have an influential player in this period of competition, Nishida.
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